Book description
Sent by the Salvation Army to bear witness to the work they were doing
in response to the Aids pandemic, Rhidian Brook, his wife and two
children, follow a tril of devastation through communities still
shattered and being broken by the disease. He met truck stop workers in
Kenya, victims of rape in Rwanda, child-headed families in Soweto,
children of prostitutes in India. A remarkable journey amongst the
infected and the affected through a world that, despite seeming on the
brink of collapse, is bein held together, not by power, politics, guns
and money, but by small acts of kindness from people living with more
hope than chance of surviving AIDS and HIV.
Rhidian Brook is an award-winning novelist, (Somerset Maughan Award,
Betty Trask Award), author of the screenplay for 'Mr Harvey Lights A
Candle' with Timothy Spall, screen and short story writer. He has
written articles on faith, travel, social issues and education for
newspapers including The Observer, The Guardian and The Daily Telegraph.
He is a regular contributor to Radio 4's 'Thought for the Day'
programme, and his book, The House at Kreis Pinneberg, will be published
by Penguin in 2012. Rhidian Brook lives in London.
